The curtain air bags are mounted in the front and rear window pillars, and the roof edge along both sides.
When the air bag crash sensors detect a side impact of greater than moderate force, the curtain air bag inflates quickly and helps to reduce injury mainly to the rear outboard passenger's head caused by directly hitting interior parts such as a door or window. For more details about air bag deployment, refer to "SRS Air Bag Deployment Criteria".
In a side impact:
Greater than moderate impact to one side of the vehicle will cause the curtain air bag on that side only to inflate.

(With Front Passenger Occupant Classification System) In a roll-over:
In response to a vehicle roll-over, both curtain air bags inflate.

Warning Light/Beep
A system malfunction or operation conditions are indicated by a warning.Refer to Warning/Indicator Lights. Refer to Warning Sound is Activated.
Side Air Bags
SRS Air Bag Deployment CriteriaMazda 6 Owners Manual: Windshield Wipers
Turn the wipers on by pressing the lever up or down.
With intermittent wiper
Variable-speed intermittent wipers
Set the lever to the intermittent position and choose the interval timing by
rotating the ring.
With auto-wiper control
Auto-wiper control
When the wiper lever is in the
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Mazda 6 Owners Manual: Intermittent rear wiper relay inspection
1. Connect the connector to the intermittent rear wiper relay.
2. Connect the negative battery cable.
3. Measure the voltage at the intermittent rear wiper relay using voltmeter.
When inspecting terminal D for continuity, disconnect the intermittent
rear wiper relay connector.
4. If the ...